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Product #: Ru_888688The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine debris in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N. ... Wikipedia
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. education.nationalgeographic.com
This gyre is similar to the North Pacific Gyre in the way it traps man-made marine debris in the North Atlantic Garbage Patch, similar to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the North Pacific. Wikipedia
Charles J. Moore is an oceanographer and racing boat captain known for articles that recently brought attention to the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch', an area of the Pacific Ocean strewn with floating plastic debris which is twice the size of Texas. WikipediaThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine debris in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N. ... Wikipedia
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. education.nationalgeographic.com
This gyre is similar to the North Pacific Gyre in the way it traps man-made marine debris in the North Atlantic Garbage Patch, similar to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the North Pacific. Wikipedia
Charles J. Moore is an oceanographer and racing boat captain known for articles that recently brought attention to the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch', an area of the Pacific Ocean strewn with floating plastic debris which is twice the size of Texas. WikipediaThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine debris in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N. ... Wikipedia
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific

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